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1956 s. E. PLATTNER INFANTS OVERALL GARMENT Filed July 26, 1952 H TTORNEY United tates Patent INFANTS OVERALL GARMENT Sybil E. Plattner, Seattle, Wash. Application July 26, 1952, Serial No. 301,039 1 Claim. (Cl. 2-80) My invention relates to an infants overall garment.

More particularly, my invention relates to an overall garment characterized by the quickness with which it may be operated in seating the child on its toilet chair and without removing jackets or sweaters.

The primary purpose of my invention is to provide an overall garment which will permit seating of the infant by simply untying rearwardly disposed waistband drawstrings and without removing shoulder straps, jackets or sweaters or other outer garments.

The garment is particularly characterized by having a waistband which extends directly with the least material possible in the front from the side seam to the opposite side seam and the rear portion of the waistband is of substantially increased width from side seam to side seam which portion is held in place by drawstrings which may be tied in the form of a bow in the rear (when the garment is for a girl) and which portion is held in place by draw belt which may be crossed in front and snapped on each side when the garment is for a boy. When said rear portion is untied or is unsnapped it readily permits the back part of the garment to be lowered to permit seating of the child on its toilet chair. The garment is also characterized in having shoulder straps in conjunction with said above waistband construction which shoulder straps are secured at the side seam on each side and extend diagonally upwardly crossing each other at the rear of the neck of the wearer and secured in front to the top of the bib of the overall garment.

Furthermore, the garment of my invention is characterized by its simplicity of construction, economy of manufacture and ease of washing and maintaining in order. Heretofore, an outstanding objection to such overall garments as heretofore manufactured is their complex character and the amount of time required in operation, i. e. securing and unsecuring. Some types of such garments provide for opening the lower portion of the garment by having snaps or buttons extending up the inside of one leg and across and down the inside of the opposite leg. Very frequently, if not invariably, in fastening up such garment some one of these snaps is overlooked or a wrong snap is secured and then they do not line up and the construction requires definitely such lining up of the snaps on opposite sides to properly close the garment.

Moreover, garments as heretofore constructed involve buttons or other metal securing means of a type which are injured by washing and ironing equipment. In the garment of my invention such diificulties are overcome, there being at the most preferably but two snaps for the girls garment and four for the boys garment and there are no downwardly extending side openings which render the garment subject to tearing as occurs so commonly in garments of present design.

A primary purpose of my invention is to overcome all of the objections above set forth and to provide a garment characterized by the advantages detailed above and disclosed herein.

2,735,102 Patented Feb. 21, 1956 The foregoing mentioned general objects of this invention are attained by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, throughout which drawings like reference numerals indicate like parts:

Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of the infants (girl) overall garment embodying my invention with the garment spread out to show pattern;

Fig. 2 is a view of the same with the leg members hanging normally and giving the effect of a skirt;

Fig. 3 is a rear view of the same showing the shoulder straps crossed and the outer end portions of the drawstrings tied in the form of a bow in securing the garment in position about the waist;

Fig. 4 is a rear view of the same showing the comparatively much longer rear waistband portion in comparison to the front waistband portion, the drawstrings being untied in allowing the long rear waistband to hang down permitting the infant to be seated on its toilet chair;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary side view of the same;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged view in cross section on dotted line 66 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 7 is a view in front elevation of the infants overall garment for a boy embodying my invention; and

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary view in rear elevation, with parts broken away, of the garment shown in Fig. 7.

An infants garment is illustrated having leg members 10 and 11, body member 12, front waistband portion 13, long rear waistband portion 14, bib 15, shoulder straps 16 and 17, and pockets 18. Draw tie strings 19 and 20 fixedly attached at the side seams are disposed respectively in each half of the casing 21 formed as a pocket extending from side seam 22 on one side to side seam 23 on the other side, with the opening 24 in the center thereby dividing the rear Waistband portion into halves. The casing 21 is shown in cross section in Fig. 6 with the draw tie string 19, for example, in cross section. The opening 24 is located only in the outside wall of the casing 21, thereby guarding against an interruption of the waistband which would permit tearing or interference with the tying of the knot.

In the garment for boys, the leg members 11 and 12 are not of the wide character shown in Fig. 1. These are reduced in the leg members 26 and 27 to the normal width for boys, as shown in Fig. 7. Moreover, in the boys garment the opening 24 in the waistband is preferably omitted and the waist tie strings 28 and 29 will be in the form of a belt. Each will be secured'at the side seam line as in the above and extend entirely throughout the length of the rear waistband portion and emerge from an opening at the side seam on the side opposite to which it is attached and then continue on across the front and secured as a belt as shown in Fig. 8.

The operation of the garment is as follows: In putting the garment upon the infant, according to one method, when the infant is still wearing diapers the legs of the infant are inserted in the leg members 10 and 11 and the shoulder straps 16 and 17 secured in place. Then the draw tie strings 19 and 20 are pulled together about the waist line of the infant and such portion of the ties extending from the opening 24 are tied into a bow 25, in the case of a girl.

A second method by which the garment may be placed 9 upon the infant is as follows: The upper part of the garment may be secured upon the infant by fastening the shoulder straps in position while said upper portion is in position upon the infant. Then the childs legs may be inserted through the leg members 11 and 12. This is possible because of the full back and extra length of back in proportion to the front waistline portion of the waistband. Then the draw tie strings may be drawn up and tied in the form of a bow in the case of a garment for a girl infant. By way of emphasizing the extra width of the rear waistband portion as compared to the front waistband portion, the said rear portion is preferably about one and one-half times wider than the front portion.

In seating the infant, the bow 25 is quickly untied and the rear waistband portion 14 is pulled down its full length and the infant seated on its toilet chair. This is done without removing the shoulder straps 16 and 17 or any other outer garment such as jacket coat or sweater. If the infant is of an age when diapers are being worn then the same procedure is followed with the addition of pulling the infants legs free of the leg members and 11, all of which is done without removing any upper garment such as stated above. Also, both operations are accomplished without unsecuring the shoulder straps 16 and 17, the same being secured at the side seam, and se-' cured by snaps, or otherwise, to the bib.

Thus, it will be seen that a very simple overall garment is provided which is capable of operation upon the infant in the quickest time possible and without any removal of outer garments. Also the same may be repositioned and secured on the infant without any removal of outer garments or unsecuring of shoulder straps.

The shoulder straps 16 and 17 may be sewed to the bib if desired, but this is not the preferred form because the crossing of the straps are so high that it makes it difiicult to get the head of the infant between the straps. Such construction, however, renders the garment easily washed.

In the case of operating the boys garment of my invention, the same operation is followed excepting there is no tying of a bow, only the drawing and snapping the belt.

It will be noted that the garment is free of all snaps as respects the leg members, and at the same time the lower part of the garment may be opened up and the infants body from the waist down may be readily exposed in seating the child upon the toilet or replacing its diaper. The need for providing such operation is manifest by the fact that the garment heretofore has involved the complex arrangement of snaps or fastening means up the inside of one leg and across and down the opposite leg. Other types of garments which open on each side which permit the infant to be placed on the toilet have the disadvantage of tearing in washing and in use. Applicants garment overcomes all this difficulty and at the same time provides for the complete exposure of the infants body from the waistline down.

A distinct advantage of the invention set forth herein is that it may be operated with such speed. Moreover, the garment is easily washed and ironed, and the cost of manufacture is greatly reduced.

I claim:

In a childs overall garment, the combination of a bifurcated nether garment structure having a continuous waist-encircling portion including a front part and a back part, said back part being one and one half times the length of said front part, a bib structure joined along its lower edge to said front part of the waist-encircling portion of said nether garment structure, a pair of shoulder straps each having one end attached to the upper portion of said bib structure and the other end attached to the lower portion of said bib structure adjacent the junction between said bib structure and said front part of the waist-encircling portion of said nether garment structure so that said back part of said waist-encircling portion is entirely free from said straps, a draw string casing formed in, and extending along, said back part of said waist-encircling portion, and draw string means disposed in said casing whereby said waist-encircling portion may be either drawn tightly about the waist of the child or loosened to allow removal of the nether garment structure from the torso and legs of the child Without disturbing the shoulder straps.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Chase June 24, 1919 Bernstein Sept. 21, 1937 Norvich May 9, 1950 

